New Yeasts Could Help Fast-Track Biofuel Production
Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 19:21
in Physics & Chemistry
A new yeast that makes ethanol from both five-carbon and six-carbon sugars without needing oxygen has now been developed. This could be an important breakthrough in industrial ethanol production, because it's difficult to control oxygen levels as yeasts ferment sugars into ethanol. The new yeast strain would help alleviate this problem.